From ancient herbal remedies to modern medicines and vaccines, natural products have played a vital role in h…

By Kibria Gulam

From ancient herbal remedies to modern medicines and vaccines, natural products have played a vital role in healthcare. Natural product chemistry and pharmacognosy explore bioactive compounds from plants, microorganisms, marine organisms, animals, and microbiomes.

I am passionate about discovering these compounds through extraction, isolation, and purification using chromatographic techniques, followed by structure elucidation using 1D (1H, 13C) and 2D NMR (COSY, HSQC, HMBC, ROESY,NOESY) together with HR-LC/MS. Solving complex molecular structures is like solving a scientific puzzle. Today, computational approaches such as molecular networking, and AI-assisted analysis are transforming natural product discovery, enabling the identification of known and novel compounds from complex extracts. I currently work in a natural products chemistry laboratory. If you are interested in chemistry, structure elucidation, NMR, or natural product discovery, feel free to contact me and exchange ideas.